Meanings
nounthrift shop (plural thrift shops)
plural thrift shops · alternative thriftshop
- CanadaUSA shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
Some thrift shops, glutted with flimsy, synthetic wares, have stopped accepting fast-fashion donations.
2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: op shop, oppie, second-hand shop, second-hand store, thrift store, thriftstore
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shop which sells mainly used goods (especially clothes) at low prices.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 舊貨店 /旧货店, 二手店
- 舊貨店 /旧货店 (jiùhuòdiàn)shop which sells used goods
- 二手店 (èrshǒudiàn)shop which sells used goods
Dutch kringloopwinkel
- kringloopwinkelshop which sells used goods
Esperanto brokantejo
- brokantejoshop which sells used goods
Finnish kierrätyskauppa
- kierrätyskauppashop which sells used goods
French friperie
- friperieshop which sells used goods
German Secondhandladen, Secondhandshop
- Secondhandladenshop which sells used goods
- Secondhandshopshop which sells used goods
- Gebrauchtwarenladenshop which sells used goods
- Gebrauchtwarenhandelshop which sells used goods
Hungarian adománybolt, használtcikk-bolt
- adományboltshop which sells used goods
- használtcikk-boltshop which sells used goods
- használtruha-boltshop which sells used goods
- turkálóshop which sells used goods
Japanese リサイクルショップ
- リサイクルショップ (risaikuru shoppu)shop which sells used goods
Latin scrutarium
- scrutariumshop which sells used goods
Norwegian Bokmål brukthandel
- brukthandelshop which sells used goods
Polish lumpeks, second hand
- lumpeksshop which sells used goods
- second handshop which sells used goods
Portuguese adelo, brechó
- adeloshop which sells used goods
- brechóshop which sells used goods
Russian комиссио́нный магази́н, комиссио́нка
- комиссио́нный магази́н (komissiónnyj magazín)shop which sells used goods
- комиссио́нка (komissiónka)shop which sells used goods
- магази́н поде́ржанных това́ров (magazín podéržannyx továrov)shop which sells used goods
Spanish tienda de segunda mano, prendería
- tienda de segunda manoshop which sells used goods
- prenderíashop which sells used goods
- cambalacheshop which sells used goods
Swedish second hand-butik, second hand-affär
- second hand-butikshop which sells used goods
- second hand-affärshop which sells used goods
Tagalog ukay-ukay
- ukay-ukayshop which sells used goods
Turkish bit pazarı
- bit pazarıshop which sells used goods
Cite this entry
APA
thrift shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrift%20shop
MLA
“thrift shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrift%20shop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thrift shop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrift%20shop.
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